Trauma Registrar

TITLE OF POST: Oxford Trauma 'Registrar' / Locally Employed Doctor (LED) GRADE: ST3-8 (MT04) Equivalent SPECIALTY: Trauma Surgery REASON FOR VACANCY: Fixed Term Contract SUPERVISING CONSULTANT: Variable (all consultants are involved) CLINICAL SUPERVISOR: TBC FULL-TIME/PART-TIME: Full Time BASE HOSPITAL: The John Radcliffe WORK PATTERN: Full/Partial shift 1:10 Rota AVERAGE NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK: 40 - Out of hours commitment is applicable INCLUDES PROSPECTIVE COVER: YES

The Trauma Service at theJohn Radcliffe Hospitalcomprises 48 dedicated inpatient beds for the management of adult trauma within Oxford, while also delivering Major Trauma Services to approximately 3.2 million residents across the Thames Valley region. Additional capacity includes admissions to the adjacent critical care unit, with paediatric trauma patients managed on designated children's wards. The service is responsible for the definitive management of injured patients. We provide care for orthopaedic trauma patients, with treatment delivered collaboratively alongside other specialties as required, depending on the nature, severity, and overall burden of injury. Patients with multiple injuries are managed within a multidisciplinary framework. The department maintains a particularly close working relationship with the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery service. The Trauma Service focuses exclusively on trauma care; infections, soft tissue injuries, hand injuries, and cauda equina syndrome are managed by other specialist teams. However, the Trauma middle-grade team provides overnight support to the spinal service, including the management of trauma-related and metastatic spinal cord injuries.